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Separation of Roles in River Basin Organisations (RBOs)
Organisaon
Standard
Seer/Regulator
Resource
Manager
Operator/Service
Provider/
Developer
Rhine Commission μ 44 μ
Murray Darling μ 44 ν
Jordan V. Authority ν 4 4
Ebro μ 4 4
JTP Corp. μ 4 4
Senegal μ 4 4
Volta ν 44 4
Niger ν 4 μ
Lesotho μ 4 4
TVA μ 44 44
Legend :
44 - Major role, 4 - Signifi cant role, ν - Minor role, μ - No role.
Rhine Commission - International Commission for Protection of the River Rhine
Murray Darling - Murray Darling Basin Commission, Australia
Jordan V. Authority - Jordan Valley Authority
Ebro
- Hydrographic Confederation of the Ebro Basin, Spain
JTP Corp. - Jasa Tirta Public Corp. (Brantas River Basin, Indonesia)
Senegal
- OMVS (Senegal Basin Authority)
Niger
- Niger Basin Authority
Lesotho
- Joint Permanent Technical Commission of the Lesotho Highland Water Project
TVA
- Tennessee Valley Authority
The implication of the above analysis is that a lack of clear separation of roles and
functions occurs in many RBO’s, particularly between the roles of resource manager
and the operator/service provider. The more mature organizations such as the Rhine,
Murray Darling Basin Commission (MDBC), and Delaware River Basin Commission
have a strong role in resource management and any operational function is quite
minor and is ‘ring-fenced’ within the organization to ensure no confusion in accountabilities.
However, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has a strong role in both, but
is generally considered to have performed well in both areas. It very much reflects
the situation when it was established in the 1930’s, but this dual role is now being
questioned.
The strong water resources development pressures in many of the basin organizations
reviewed have demanded them to exercise a strong presence in the development/
operator field. It is presumed that this situation has arisen, due largely to the fact that
existing line agencies operating within the basins have not been able to drive new
development in a coordinated way. However, as most overseas basin organizations
have a significant resource management role, the challenge is to make management
and provider roles and processes separate and as transparent as possible to ensure
that the management function is able to properly influence good decisions regarding
major development proposals.
High level stakeholder/community input. The Netherland, France, Spain, Mexico,
Australia, USA and the UK all recognize the need for some form of high level
stakeholder forum that gives the stakeholder close access to the minister or authority
responsible for water management or oversight of the management of a river basin.
As well, such mechanisms provide links out into the general community that act both
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